The better to see you. Smell you. The better to eat you... Bea Ortega has a great life. She’s smart and loyal, has a job she loves, can mostly run a marathon without dying, plus a pretty great set of friends she adores. She’s even nailed the fine art of magical charms, but do you know what Bea doesn’t have? An anchor. Her best friends are finding fated mates, making families, finding their direction in life, and Bea? Bea feels like she’s drowning. More than that, she feels like she’s being left behind. But like an answer to a prayer, her mate, Pierce Moon Claw, comes calling. Except, that where Bea thought mates should be good and kind. You know, the kind that make you feel warm, fuzzy, and safe, Pierce turns out to be anything but. Because Bea’s mate is a wolf, and everyone knows wolves cannot be trusted. Things get trickier when Bea realizes she isn’t just half of a fated mate-pair, she’s a Luna—-a Luna to a whole pack. What happens when Bea finds out that she isn’t just getting a mate, but a new way of life? And how about when she realizes her new pack are all that stand between the town of Oak Fast and an all-out shifter war? Find out both in the second book of the Oak Fast Fated Mates Series! This a magical and sigh-worthy PNR shifter romance set in a small town with plenty of found family vibes, smart-mouthed heroines, magical realism, and cinnamon roll heroes. *This is a novella of approx 36k words*